Perdoceo Education Corporation (PRDO) vs Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (PXED)

Perdoceo Education Corporation and Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Perdoceo Education Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $864.4M — 2.5× the size. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.2× against 12.0×. Perdoceo Education Corporation has the higher net margin (20.6% vs 8.18%) and the lower return on invested capital (43.7% vs 47.4%). Both pay a dividend; Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. yields more (2.67% vs 1.84%). Across the 20 metrics below, Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. leads on 13 and Perdoceo Education Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
P/E 12.00 10.23 13.22
P/S 2.46 0.84 0.99
P/B 2.05 2.60 1.62
Price to free cash flow 9.70 6.46 10.06
EV/EBITDA 5.54 4.95 8.56
EV/Sales 1.61 0.66 0.78
Earnings yield 8.33% 9.78% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 10.31% 15.48% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 77.09% 100.00% 54.64%
Operating margin 24.56% 11.16% 0.00%
Net margin 20.63% 8.18% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 25.39% 12.94% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.55% 29.27% 0.00%
Return on assets 13.47% 15.04% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 43.68% 47.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.68% — 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 10.50% 13.21% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.24% — 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.17% — 0.00%

Health

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.17 0.05
Current ratio 4.69 1.92 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (2.52) (0.61) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield 1.84% 2.67% 1.84%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.29 0.23

Size

Metric PRDO PXED Education & Training Services median
Market cap 2.12b 864.42m 68.84m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack